Example sentences of "may find [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However some people may find surgery has little effect : ‘ People with short necks will not benefit as much from a face lift as those with long necks , ’ says Erian . |
| 2 | And that , by your blessing upon them and those who try to help them , they may find peace and encouragement through Jesus Christ our Lord . |
| 3 | Support the families of addicts , that they may find peace in You ; |
| 4 | We thus have the typical " skip " instruction ; If the condition is true skip the next instruction ; if it is false execute the next instruction On a single-address computer ( such as the DEC PDP- 10 ) we may find conditional jumps on a test of the contents of an accumulator , or on a comparison of two accumulators , but conditional skips on a test of the contents of a store location , or on a comparison of an accumulator with a store location . |
| 5 | Others may find contact with kin more difficult because they have moved . |
| 6 | CROFTERS and corncrakes in Skye may find survival a bit easier after the introduction of special payments designed to protect one of Britain 's rarest birds . |
| 7 | We should , however , like to point out that the extra beds will usually be fold-away or camp bed style and that you may find floor and drawer space cramped . |
| 8 | ‘ Contains language which some viewers may find offensive ’ says the announcer . |
| 9 | I only hope she may find happiness with Saul Quatt . ’ |
| 10 | If the polyester , carbon-impregnated , pad which is used for adsorption of liquid and gaseous impurities is not replaced at the recommended interval of two weeks , due to the fine membrane of the pad clogging , the pump may find difficulty in drawing water through the filter and start to vibrate . |
| 11 | Since neither the sole trader nor the partnership is protected by limited liability , both may find difficulty in raising sufficient money to commence trading from a secure financial position . |
| 12 | For this reason , particularly during your early days at college , you may find difficulty in locating a book . |
| 13 | The boats can be viewed from the Quay but disabled visitors may find difficulty boarding them . |
| 14 | A firm selling overseas may find difficulty determining the relevant consuming unit ( e.g. is it the family , the household or an individual ? ) . |
| 15 | The firm may find difficulty keeping abreast of developments in the market and will have to rely on customers to provide market information . |
| 16 | If they do n't get in , they may find work , they may not . |
| 17 | Occasionally a married man , particularly if his sexual capacity is for some reason declining , may find pornography more attractive than the " real thing " . |
| 18 | This is a useful book for the private secretary , and even ‘ the boss ’ , to use the author 's own words , may find entertainment as well as information if he can make time to read it . |
| 19 | This may find support in the fact that most of the confusions in terminology are found in what might be called the ‘ editorial ’ parts of the texts , in which the context is being briefly introduced before the decision of the master is quoted . |
| 20 | A Hollow Barrel , which may find favour with small cave spawning fish . |
| 21 | Teachers may find history games valuable for occasional use . |
| 22 | This can and does of course occur in many other churches too , but the new churches may find change occurs more easily and more quickly . |
| 23 | Once married and committed to their partner , they may find excitement has flown out of the window . |
| 24 | There are many ways in which , in retrospect , we may find fault with the procedures adopted in Nigeria ; lengthy time gaps between conferences and in the production of the reports ; shortcomings in follow up and publicity ( largely due to inadequate funding and staffing of the NERC ) ; failures in articulation of content and approach between subject areas ; an overloading of committees with university academics . |
| 25 | Such is the site of Callanish for the golden eagle and in its circle all may find strength and truth . |
| 26 | If Campese misses the Wales Test at Cardiff Arms Park on November 22 , he may find consolation in the ad men who drew up the match posters being left with more egg on their faces than those who dreamed up George Bush 's ‘ four more years ’ slogan . |
| 27 | Lichens that survive cold and desiccation on mountain tops in temperate regions may find tundra winters only marginally more difficult , and tundra summers an unaccustomed blessing ; the adaptations they already possess for harsh temperate environments become pre-adaptations for polar living . |
| 28 | Now that Unix System Labs has finally cut a deal for OSF 's Distributed Computing Environment , albeit through Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ( UX No 384 ) , hopes are that X/Open may find light at the end of that particular tunnel too . |
| 29 | Just as important as establishing what to include is deciding what to exclude , and it is here that the purists may find cause to tar and feather us . |
| 30 | There are a few individuals such as hermits or members of closed religious orders who choose to reduce their opportunities for communication and human interaction to a minimum ( and they may find satisfaction in communing with nature , or with a deity ) but for most people communicating with fellow humans is essential to living , to survival and to the quality of life . |